A woman who carried her artificial heart in a rucksack following life saving surgery has died.

Rebecca Henderson, 24, died at Harefield Hospital on Wednesday following transplant complications, her family and friends have said.

Her mother Linda tweeted: “We’re going to miss our amazing, wonderful daughter. She touched so many lives and lived her life to the fullest. She was also my best friend and I’m going to love and miss her forever.”

She added in a separate tweet: “It is a privilege to be her mum and I’ll never stop loving or missing her.”